American Football League

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC. In contrast with their status as perennial also-rans in the pre-merger NFL, where they were the oldest team to never win a league championship, the Steelers of the post-merger (modern) era are one of…

issues between professional football players and obeying the law over the years in the league and it is no secret. Between drug use, weapon charges, and tax evasion there is no shortage of controversy to discuss and the news can’t get enough of it. However in recent years, and months specifically, there has been a large amount of controversy pertaining to the players and domestic violence. Even though domestic violence is not limited to the National Football League, the way the NFL has…

right. Some believe that Jackson became even stronger and faster in college after improving each season. His sophomore year, Jackson led his football team to an eleven and one record, which obtained them a spot in the 1983 National Championship versus powerhouse Michigan. After winning nine to seven, Jackson received MVP of the game along with All-American runningback honors as a sophomore (D’Agostino, 2009). Sadly, Jackson missed nearly his entire junior season after suffering a separated…

The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team located in Miami, Florida. They play at Marlins Park, their home field. They are apart of the National League East division in Major League Baseball. The team began to play in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins. They started playing home games from the beginning of their inaugural season to the 2011 season at Sun Life Stadium. Ever since the 2012 season, they have played at Marlins Park in downtown Miami, on the site of the former…

Research 15 February 2017 History of Football Evolution occurs in all aspects of life. Everything does not just stay the same; it is constantly evolving in many ways either to improve daily life or to make life easier. The history is important to learn how to evolve into what there is now. Such as sports, technology and even clothes, they cannot evolve without the history of them. The history of football is important to athletes, because the evolution of the pro leagues, equipment, amount of…

one being Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Many former National Football League players have been diagnosed with this disease. Unfortunately, of those players some have taken their own lives because of this horrendous disease. This disease is most commonly related to American football. The players undergo constant hits to their heads throughout the sport. Although…

the people of the United States. Sports played a huge role in the happiness and entertainment of the people in the 1920s and contributed to the rebuilding of the United States. Although there were many sports in the 1920s baseball, and football played the most significant roles. Baseball is referred to as America’s pastime. As many people know George Herman Ruth or “Babe” is baseballs biggest hero (Hook 14). Many people know Babe Ruth for hitting home runs but ironically he started his…

plenty of similarities between American football and League of Legends competitions, but there are also many differences. The main difference that is apparent to everyone is how physically demanding football is. With its multiple rules that try to protect players while tackling and going up for aggressive catches it makes this point widely known after seeing how these injuries affect all players, especially as they age. Players also have much longer careers in football with proper conditioning…

talented athlete in baseball and football, but also he excelled on the track and qualified for the Olympics but never attended due to the responsibilities he had in baseball and football. Bo Jackson was hands down the greatest multi sport athlete because of his excellence in baseball, his success on the football field, and…

Do you play any of these sports soccer, football, boxing? Even if you don’t you probably know someone who does. Did you know soccer players head a soccer ball at about 70 MPH, boxers receive punches to the head at about 20 MPH, and professional football players receive about 900-1,500 blows to the head during a season. Concussions have been a major issue in sports, and now since several people play them, more people are affected by them. Which has an effect on them in the long run. Sports are…